Viacom in $1 bln copyright suit vs Google, YouTube — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. said on Tuesday it filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google Inc. and its Internet video sharing site YouTube over unauthorized use of its copyrighted entertainment.

Viacom sues YouTube for $1 billion — The ever delightful Mike Masnick over on Techdirt pointed out that young companies innovate, and old timers litigate. One is reminded of his words when reading about Viacom's decision to YouTube-Google and seek a billion dollars in damages for copyright infringement.

Viacom sues Google over YouTube clips — Viacom on Tuesday slapped YouTube and parent company Google with a lawsuit, accusing the wildly popular video-sharing site of "massive intentional copyright infringement" and seeking more than $1 billion in damages. — The complaint filed …

IP Democracy: Viacom's Fluffy Lawsuit Against YouTube — OK, here's the lawsuit that Viacom filed against YouTube this morning and I'm extremely disappointed. For once I thought that a copyright holder might actually tackle the weaknesses in the DMCA and raise for court review whether …

Bud.TV going flat as visits decline — Bud.TV may be leaving a sour aftertaste for Anheuser-Busch. — The beermaker's new 24/7 branded digital entertainment network has seen the fizz from its Super Bowl kickoff evaporate quickly, averaging just 253,000 visitors in February, its first month online …

Failing Cheaper — Ask most successful entrepreneurs how they came up with the idea for their business, and you'd likely learn that what they initially set out to do is very different from the company that you're familiar with. PayPal started out as a service to beam money through Palm Pilots …

STATE OF THE NEWS MEDIA 2007 — Project for Excellence in Journalism Dissects 38 Sites; Blogger Index Coming — BY MARK GLASER, 10:50AM — Each year since 2004 the Project for Excellence in Journalism has dropped the bomb of knowledge on the media world in the form of the State of the News Media report.

Apple iPhone Ad on the NYC 5th Avenue Store — Looks like Apple is continuing to build awareness for the Apple iPhone. On Monday March 12th, workers at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City posted a large iPhone ad on one full side of the glass structure. — The ad showed an iPhone with the words "Introducing iPhone.